Sec. 302. Support for democratic governance, elections, and civil society
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The Secretary of State shall coordinate United States Government efforts to— support efforts to resolve the current civil conflict in Libya; work to help the people of Libya and a future Libyan government develop functioning, unified Libyan economic, security, and governing institutions; work to ensure free, fair, inclusive, and credible elections organized by an independent and effective High National Elections Commission in Libya, including through supporting electoral security and international election observation and by providing training and technical assistance to institutions with election-related responsibilities, as appropriate; work with the people of Libya, nongovernmental organizations, and Libyan institutions to strengthen democratic governance, reinforce civilian institutions and support decentralization in order to address community grievances, promote social cohesion, mitigate drivers of violent extremism, and help communities recover from Islamic State occupation; defend against gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in Libya, including by supporting efforts to document such violations; to combat corruption and improve the transparency and accountability of Libyan government institutions; and to support the efforts of independent media outlets to broadcast, distribute, and share information with the Libyan people.
The Secretary of State and Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall ensure that appropriate steps are taken to mitigate risk of diversion of assistance for Libya and ensure reliable third-party monitoring is utilized for projects in Libya that United States Government personnel are unable to access and monitor. Not later than 180 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities carried out under subsection (a).
In this subsection, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. There are authorized to be appropriated $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 to carry out subsection (a). Any expenditure of amounts made available to carry out subsection
(a)shall be subject to the notification requirements applicable to— expenditures from the Economic Support Fund under section 531(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2346(c) ); and expenditures from the Development Assistance Fund under section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2413(a) ).
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